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Gun Shop Owner: Past 6 Months ‘Busiest The Industry Has Ever Seen’

For five months, ammunition at Nuckols Gun Works in Staunton has been flying off the shelves.

2013/05/22

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Police Release Photos From Giffords Shooting

Authorities on Tuesday released nearly 600 photos that investigators took in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others.

2013/05/21

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Watch: Backers Tout Controversial New Gun Control Laws with TV Ad in Md.

A television ad will begin airing in the Baltimore area that praises the gun-control measure recently signed by Gov. Martin O’Malley.

2013/05/20

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D.C. Considers Mandatory $250K Insurance Policy for Gun Buyers

Two D.C. councilmembers said Thursday that they support some form of mandate that gun owners carry liability insurance, but they would have to overcome the objections of Mayor Vincent Gray for the District of Columbia to become the nation’s first jurisdiction to require such coverage.

2013/05/16

O’Malley Signs Tougher Gun-Control Bill

Gov. Martin O’Malley signed a gun-control measure on Thursday to give Maryland some of the nation’s tightest gun laws and the National Rifle Association plans to challenge it in court.

2013/05/16

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Biden To 7-Year-Old: Country Would Be Safer ‘If We Had Guns That Shot Chocolate’

A Wisconsin boy wrote Vice President Joe Biden with an unusual suggestion for making the nation safer: Create guns that shoot chocolate bullets.

2013/05/14

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Senate Rejects Measure To Expand Use Of Firearms On Federal Lands

The Senate rejected an effort Wednesday to expand the use of firearms on some of the nation’s most frequently visited federal lands, handing gun control advocates a modest success.

2013/05/09

Top Democrats, Obama Discuss To-Do List Over Dinner At Upscale Hotel

The top Democratic leaders in the House hashed out their to-do list Wednesday at a suppertime powwow with President Barack Obama.

2013/05/09

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Senators Discuss Changing Background Checks Bill

Senators backing gun control are discussing ways to revise the defeated Senate background check bill to help win the votes they need to resuscitate the measure.

2013/05/08